Inaya Malik
Neon Liturgy
Music · 2025

Neon Liturgy

A four-minute confession staged inside a neon cathedral.

Client
Ria Soko — 'Rooms' Music Video
Role
Creative Direction · Choreography
Location
Atlanta
Year
2025

Overview

Indie R&B artist Ria Soko wanted her debut single to feel like a single, unbroken breath. We staged the entire video as one continuous take inside a custom-built neon set, with choreography written to sit inside the camera move.

The challenge

Independent budget, two-day shoot, one chance at a one-take performance. The label needed a visual identity strong enough to anchor a six-month rollout (singles, merch, tour visuals).

Approach

  1. 01

    Wrote the camera path and the choreography together so each lyric beat hit a lighting cue.

  2. 02

    Designed a modular neon set that could be reshot for follow-up singles — locking the artist's visual world in one build.

  3. 03

    Trained the artist over six rehearsals to hold the take and deliver vocally on set.

Outcomes

The result.

1.2M

Streams in first 30 days

640K

YouTube views

9

Editorial playlist adds

Take 7

Take used in final cut

Press & Recognition

  • · Pitchfork — Best New Track
  • · Complex Rising
  • · The FADER spotlight
Gallery

Selected frames.

Neon-lit performer silhouette
Music video set still
Director monitor moment

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